ya that **** is some scary stuff. Kid had it on my team once they evacuated the locker room immediately and had a special infection team come in and disinfect the locker room. Kid was real lucky that he found it early. Staph shouldnt be taken lightly...

I was lucky I never got it...I'd say about 15 kids on my football team a few years ago caught staph infection. One of my best friends had the worse case of it, going in for multiple surgeries to get rid of it. Crazy.

At what point do the Browns consider a lawsuit? I mean this is kinda ridiculous.

Staph infections after invasive joint surgery is a fairly common occurance. It's just a matter of how severe. A lot of cases are so minor that they get stomped out before it's even worth noting in the media.

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BlindSite and DFK are right. I contracted a staph infection after having multiple surgeries, despite being careful with my wound site. You don't wash your hands, you itch, and bacteria is transferred. It's not the hospital's fault, unless there was something wrong with the surgery and the scar was somehow more prone to being infected by staph. If the hospital was causing people to catch staph, the place would have been shut down long ago. These things just happen, and can occur whether the person tries to maintain perfect hygiene or not.

BlindSite and DFK are right. I contracted a staph infection after having multiple surgeries, despite being careful with my wound site. You don't wash your hands, you itch, and bacteria is transferred. It's not the hospital's fault, unless there was something wrong with the surgery and the scar was somehow more prone to being infected by staph. If the hospital was causing people to catch staph, the place would have been shut down long ago. These things just happen, and can occur whether the person tries to maintain perfect hygiene or not.

So then is the primary theory that it's not the Browns medical staff, and instead that the Browns players are just dumb?

Could be a mix of both. If the Browns staff is being lazy with wound care, then the staff has fault. If the Browns players are more-so in the mode of "Staph will never happen to me" and don't think about taking care of their hygiene, then it's the player's fault.

But like BlindSite said, there's really no one to blame because there are too many factors to consider in order to place blame. The player needs to just simply learn his lesson, and in the future take the proper precautions to prevent contracting Staph or any other infection in the future. Though, I don't think there is a way to guarantee that a patient won't contract Staph...you can only decrease the chances.